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19 August 2014

CBI arrests Censor Board CEO Rakesh Kumar for taking BribeFilms can be publicly exhibited in India only after they have been certified by the CBFC.

The CBI arrested Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) CEO Rakesh Kumar in an alleged bribery case on Monday.

A 1997-batch Indian Railway Personnel Service officer, Kumar took charge as the board's CEO in January.

The CBI told to media that complainant, an authorized agent for censor certification, had approached the CBFC on behalf of a producer of a regional language film, 'Mor Dauki Ke Bihav', for its early clearance. The film was to be released on August 15.

Last week the CBI had registered a case against Kumar and also arrested an authorized agent and an advisory panel member of the CBFC for demanding an Rs 70,000 bribe on the behalf of the CEO to urgently clear a film from Chhattisgarh.

The advisory panel member Sarvesh Jaiswal and the authorized agent for censor certification is Shripati Mishra, who acts as the interface between movie producers and the CBFC.